On 17 June 2014 21:19, Rony G. Flatscher (Apache) <r...@apache.org> wrote:

> Having created an oxt in the past that adds a scripting language (ooRexx)
> to AOO as a macro language
> taking advantage of AOO's Java based scripting framework, I have been
> wondering whether it may be
> interesting for supporters of other scripting languages to learn how to do
> that, giving a
> presentation along the lines "Howto Turn Your Favorite Programming
> Language into an AOO Macro
> Language Using AOO's Scripting Framework".
>
> The abstract might read something like: "Apache Open Office (AOO) defines
> a scripting framework that
> can be exploited to add any programming language to Apache OpenOffice as a
> macro language. This
> presentation introduces the necessary overview and knowhow to become able
> to assess the effort to
> add your own favorite programming language to AOO. Although the AOO
> scripting framework is
> implemented in Java it is possible to add non-Java-implemented programming
> languages as demonstrated
> with the programming ooRexx which is itself implemented in C++. In
> addition all scripting languages
> that support Java's "javax.script" framework could be added to AOO using
> AOO's scripting framework."
>
> One idea in this context would be to get maybe enough interested parties
> to even create an AOO
> subproject that is aimed at supporting JSR-223 scripting languages out of
> the box. "JSR-223"
> scripting languages are all those scripting languages that can bed used by
> the Java "javax.script"
> framework.
>
> Any comments, ideas, feedback to this idea?
>

go for it, I believe it could be a good presentation.

rgds
jan I.


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